• ESPN

    Can Scheffler hold on? Which player can make a charge? Looking ahead to the weekend at the Masters

    Max Homa, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson DeChambeau share the lead at 6 under heading into the weekend.

  • How Quine's rabbit can teach you to be a better communicator

    Imagine two anthropologists, Willard and Orman, who stumble over some never-before-seen tribe. There is the usual first-contact kind of behavior: pointing, laughing, and frustrated misunderstandings. It becomes apparent that the anthropologists need to decipher this tribe’s language. But, without Google Translate or pocket dictionaries, it turns out that working out a language from scratch is hard work. One day, a hunting party and the anthropologists are out in a woodland clearing when a rabbit...

  • What can Wrestlemania teach us about Trump voters?

    Social conservatives used to criticise wrestling for its bad language and violence, now liberals say it’s too sexist. That cultural shift may be reflected in voting patterns too, if Donald Trump can persuade enough people that the Democrats are today’s prudes, says Will Cooling It is nearly a decade since Donald Trump descended the golden []

  • What the left can teach the right about political power

    Political power is not a toy. It is not a trophy awarded to the winner of the debate club. Power is a game, but it is the game of kings. It is chess, not checkers. If you intend to play the game, you had better come with a serious strategy and the will to win, because you can bet the other side is playing for keeps.For too long, conservatives have engaged in politics as if it were professional football, something to watch for entertainment while sitting on the couch so you can complain about...

  • Atilio Borón: all efforts we can make for unity are few

    Santiago, Chile, Apr 6 (Prensa Latina) Argentine political scientist Atilio Borón on Saturday called to strengthen the unity of the left wing to make the necessary changes in the region. The post Atilio Borón: all efforts we can make for unity are few first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • A spring trip to the dump can make you feel refreshed

    "Spring is the perfect time to clean out those sheds, garages and basements, leaving you feeling refreshed, organized and ready for summer."

  • What can the dot-com bubble teach us about the future of AI?

    In the 1990s, Wall Street was very enthusiastic about the internet — and lost a ton of money because of that enthusiasm.

  • Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues

    Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short-term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. The long-term impact these sorts of sweeping changes will have on the job market going forward remains to be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

    • CBC

    How cloud seeding can make it rain or prevent extreme weather

    Cloud seeding has been named by some media reports as a possible contributor to record-setting rain and flooding in Dubai, U.A.E. Here's a closer look at what cloud seeding is, how it's used and whether it could have made the flooding worse.

    • ESPN

    NBA playoffs 2024: Which teams can make it out the play-in tournament

    Ahead of the Eastern Conference play-in games, our NBA experts break down

  • Can Paris make the Seine clean enough to swim in for the Olympics?

    Paris has spent about 1.4 billion euros on clean-up efforts in the Seine, but latest test samples still showed “alarming” levels of bacteria in the river.

  • ‘You can make meaningful relationships’: how does friendship change in older age?

    Often the number of friends we have dwindles as we age. What happens when you actively fight against it?When retiree Pat Mathews was planning her post-work life in an outer suburb in Melbourne’s west, she realised she lacked friends – local friends. She remembers thinking: “You’re going to have a lonely life if you don’t do something.”Until then, for more than 30 years, the divorcee had enjoyed a busy city job – 6am to 6pm, five days a week – surrounded by people. The two-hour commute meant she...